- Assange extradition argument certified for UK Supreme Court appeal24 January 2022 In an extremely brief court hearing in London this morning, the UK’s High Court announced that it has certified a point of law for Julian Assange to be able to apply to appeal to the Supreme Court. The High Court ruled not to allow the appeal itself but to certify the question of what stage in the extradition hearing process ‘assurances’ can […]
- Explanatory Background Note: High Court Decision in USA v Julian Assange Extradition Proceedings24 January 2022
- Julian Assange’s Supreme Court Certification Application
- High Court decision “Grave miscarriage of justice,” says Julian Assange’s fiancéeA UK court has overturned an earlier decision blocking the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States where he is accused of publishing true information revealing crimes committed by the US government in the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and details of CIA torture and rendition. Julian Assange was not given permission to attend the appeal hearing in person. The prosecution against […]
- High Court Grants U.S. Appeal10 December 2021 Britain’s High Court ruled today to approve the United States’ appeal of the District Judge’s decision not to extradite WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, sending the case back down to the Magistrate’s level for his extradition to be ordered. Assange’s fiancee Stella Moris called the decision “dangerous and misguided” and a “grave miscarriage of justice.” Lord Justice Holroyde summarized the ruling and explained […]
- Declaration of Assange attorney Gareth Peirce on Prof Kopelman
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- Julian Assange Extradition Appeal: Day 2Appeal Hearing Day 1 Assange’s defense arguments & extradition glossary U.S. appeal arguments Guide to extradition testimony Live-tweets by Assange Defense’s today’s hearing here Overview of USA v. Julian Assange On the second day of Julian Assange’s extradition appeal hearing, the defense laid out its arguments to uphold the District Judge’s ruling which barred Assange’s ruling on medical grounds. Yesterday, the prosecution attempted to undermine […]
- Assange Defense Appeal Arguments & Extradition Glossary
- Julian Assange Extradition Appeal: Day 1Overview of USA v. Julian Assange Preview of appeal arguments Guide to extradition testimony All previous extradition coverage Follow live-tweets by Assange Defense of the appeal hearing here Assange too unwell to view proceedings remotely Julian Assange’s extradition appeal hearing, which will turn in part on determinations about his health and risk of suicide, commenced with the news that Julian was too ill to even […]
- U.S. allowed to expand scope of Assange appealHigh Court appeal scheduled for October 27-28 Today Britain’s High Court granted the U.S. government’s request to expand the scope of its appeal of Julian Assange’s extradition ruling. Assange’s appeal hearing has been scheduled for October 27-28, 2021. In January of this year, the District Court blocked Assange’s extradition to the United States on the grounds that sending the WikiLeaks publisher to the harsh conditions […]
- Preliminary Assange Appeal Hearing Scheduled for August 11“The US government will try to re-run arguments that have already been settled by two different judges. It is the latest move by the US government to try to game the British legal system.” The United States government has been given limited permission to appeal the District Court’s decision to block the extradition of Julian Assange from the UK to the U.S. Britain’s High Court […]
- Julian Assange Extradition hearing: District Court RulingJudge blocks the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States, ruling the abusive U.S. prison system could not protect him from suicide In a ruling in which she accepted nearly every argument from U.S. government, Judge Vanessa Baraitser agreed with the defense’s claims that the U.S. prison conditions Assange would face if he were extradited, including solitary confinement, Special Administrative Measures, and extreme restrictions […]
- Day 18: Hearing concludes, ruling to come January 4th 2021; Gareth Peirce – Embassy spying instilled “chilling effect” on legal defenseOctober 1, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Hearing concludes, ruling to come January 4th 2021 The evidentiary phase of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing concluded today, with final witness statements summarized in court. Judge Vanessa Baraitser then announced that she will deliver her […]
- Day 17, Part 2: Anonymous witnesses detail U.S.-directed spying of Julian Assange in the Embassy; UC Global agrees to send Embassy recordings to US intelligenceSeptember 30, 2020 The defense read several witness statements aloud in court today, including two statements from anonymous former employees of UC Global, the Spanish security company led by David Morales which spied on Julian Assange in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The witness statements testify to the particular zeal Morales had in recording conversations between Assange and his lawyers as well as his contract […]
- Day 17, Part 1: Witnesses – UC Global spied on Assange’s conversations with lawyers; Patrick Cockburn, Ian Cobain, Guy Goodwin-Gill, Stefania Maurizi, Robert BoyleSeptember 30, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Witnesses: UC Global spied on Assange’s conversations with lawyers The defense read several witness statements aloud in court today, including two statements from anonymous former employees of UC Global, the Spanish security company led by […]
- Day 16: Former warden – Assange would get “desolate and degrading” Special Administrative Measures; Lindsay Lewis – Assange will “almost certainly” be placed under SAMsSeptember 29, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Former warden: Assange would get “desolate and degrading” Special Administrative Measures Former prison warden Maureen Baird, who presided over the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York and who worked in the U.S. prison system for […]
- Day 15: Assange would face solitary confinement and extreme restrictions if sent to US; Joel Sickler – Assange would get little to no health careSeptember 28, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Assange would face solitary confinement and extreme restrictions if sent to the United States The final week of the testimony portion of Julian Assange’s extradition hearing began with Yancey Ellis, a former judge advocate in […]
- Day 14: Judge admits political nature of Assange’s case; Jakob Augstein – Assange “feared for the safety of informants”; Patrick Eller debunks Manning/Assange “conspiracy”September 25, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Judge admits political nature of Assange’s case Before testimony began today, Judge Baraitser acknowledged the political dimensions in the case against Julian Assange for the first time. Amid discussion of when closing arguments will be […]
- Day 13: Cryptome published unredacted cables first; Dr. Crosby – “very high risk” of suicide if Assange is extraditedSeptember 24, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Cryptome published unredacted cables first; medical testimony continues At the very end of today’s proceedings, the defense read aloud an important and consequential witness statement from John Young, host of cryptome.org. “I published on Cryptome.org […]
- Day 12: Prosecution attacks Assange’s autism spectrum diagnosisSee previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Warning: this post discusses suicidal ideation. As mentioned yesterday, for Assange’s privacy we won’t report every detail of today’s testimony, dealing with Assange’s very personal private, social, and medical history. Prosecution attacks Assange’s autism spectrum diagnosis Today Dr. […]
- Day 11: Psychiatrist – High risk of suicide if Assange is extraditedSeptember 22, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Psychiatrist: High risk of suicide if Assange is extradited Dr. Michael Kopelman, Emeritus Professor of Neuropsychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London, took the stand today to testify about his visits with […]
- Day 10: Christian Grothoff – WikiLeaks did not publish unredacted cables first; Cassandra Fairbanks: High-level plan to revoke Assange’s asylumSEPTEMBER 21, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Christian Grothoff: WikiLeaks did not publish unredacted cables first The first witness this week was German computer science professor Christian Grothoff, who testified about his research into the timeline of events surrounding the 2011 publication […]
- Day 9: Nicky Hager – Assange’s redactions protected informants; Jennifer Robinson – Trump offered pardon for Assange in exchange for sources; Khaled el-Masri, kidnapped and tortured by the CIASEPTEMBER 18, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here See today’s video about the Suppression of Truth here Nicky Hager: Assange’s redactions protected informants New Zealand investigative journalist Nicky Hager took to stand to testify about using WikiLeaks documents in his work. Hager published Other People’s […]
- Day 8: WikiLeaks’ Iraq War Logs exposed 15,000 civilian casualties; Carey Shenkman – “Highly politicized prosecution”SEPTEMBER 17, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here WikiLeaks’ Iraq War Logs exposed 15,000 civilian casualties John Sloboda, co-founder of Iraq Body Count, an independent NGO devoted to continuously counting killings civilians in Iraq, testified today about working with Julian Assange and WikiLeaks on […]
- Day 7: John Goetz – WikiLeaks docs confirm CIA torture & escaping accountability; Daniel Ellsberg – WikiLeaks did not cause harmSEPTEMBER 16, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here See today’s video about Redactions and War Crimes here John Goetz on WikiLeaks’ “very rigorous redaction process” American journalist John Goetz, who has worked in Germany for the last 30 years, testified today about his experiences […]
- Day 6: Eric Lewis – abusive conditions in US prison; Tom Durkin – Assange would not get a fair trial in USSEPTEMBER 15, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here See yesterday’s videos about the effects of Julian Assange’s imprisonment here and one about freedom of the press here Eric Lewis: Under Trump, Justice Dept. is Prosecutorial Hand of the President Continuing testimony that began […]
- Day 5: Eric Lewis – Assange would face solitary confinement in US prisonSEPTEMBER 14, 2020 See previous daily reports here and a video recap of last week’s proceedings here See an overview of USA v. Julian Assange here See a thread of live-tweets of today’s hearing here Eric Lewis: Julian Assange shouldn’t be extradited, would face solitary confinement in the United States Paused last week due to a COVID19 scare, Julian Assange’s extradition hearing resumed today with witness testimony from Eric Lewis, […]
- Day 4: Paused due to COVID19-like symptoms of member of the prosecutionSEPTEMBER 10, 2020 Julian Assange’s extradition hearing was abruptly paused today when the court was notified that a member of the prosecution had come down with COVID19-like symptoms. As Kevin Gosztola notes, the scare came amid a new spike in the United Kingdom. Because members of the defense and Assange himself are at heightened risk, the defense asked the judge to pause the hearings as […]
- Day 3: Paul Rogers – politically motivated prosecution; Trevor Timm – protecting your sourcesSEPTEMBER 9, 2020 See our report from Day 1 and our report from day 2 See the live-tweeted coverage of today’s hearing in one thread Professor Paul Rogers on Trump’s politically motivated prosecution Paul Rogers, Emeritus Professor of Peace Studies at Bradford University, took the stand by video link to testify about Julian Assange’s political views and how they factor into the Trump administration’s prosecution of Assange for publishing. […]
- Day 2: Clive Stafford-Smith – the importance of WikiLeaks material in their litigation; Mark Feldstein – historical context for WikiLeaks’ journalismSEPTEMBER 8, 2020 Assange’s Extradition Hearing Resumes: 8 September 2020 See our report from Day 1 of these proceedings here. Yesterday, the judge rejected the defense’s request to proceed without the new allegations in the U.S.’s extremely late superseding indictment, then rejected the defense’s request for more time to prepare to deal with these new allegations. Professor Mark Feldstein began his testimony on investigative journalism. Likely to […]
- Day 1: Assange’s Extradition Hearing Resumes: 7 September 2020September 7, 2020 Press Briefing: Assange Extradition Hearing September 2020 Kevin Gosztola: Previewing witnesses scheduled to testify See live-tweeted coverage of today’s hearing in one thread. Assange has been re-arrested, the previous extradition warrant has been withdrawn and the new warrant has been served. NGOs access to Assange hearing revoked Judge Vanessa Baraitser then announced that some 40 individuals were granted remove (video) access to the proceedings […]
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